• Cantrek
• Portico: The Canada Collection
• Transport Canada: Planes and Boats

CANTREK

Will using a country-specific search engine make a difference in what you find? Only you can be the judge. Country-specific engines are sometimes directories assembled by humans that might be tailor-made to your needs. Fine tailors can't produce the volume of work that the Wal-Marts of search can create though, so it is likely that you will employ both sources. If you can't find what you are looking for one way, your good research skills will tell you to look another way. For research involving prospects who live and work in Canada, this site could be the place to start. Cantrek bills itself as "100% Canadian" since it contains links to all-Canadian sites only. That includes an interesting set of Canadian directories, Canadian search engines and provincial search engines and directories.

http://www.cantrek.com/

PORTICO: THE CANADA COLLECTION

Eh? (That would be Huh? in the U.S. version.) Portico has links to assessors who are not U.S.-based?

Yes, it is true. And Portico's collection of links to Canadian real estate assessor offices is a great place to begin capacity research. Portico includes a link to the Multiple Listing Service for Canada. After you jump through a few location hoops, you might find the photos and descriptions of properties for sale useful in that old prospect research game of amateur real estate appraiser. Next you can explore the provincial e-offices of property assessors. You may be surprised to learn that they don't necessarily cover an entire province.

http://indorgs.virginia.edu/portico/assessors.html#canada

TRANSPORT CANADA: PLANES AND BOATS

Transport Canada offers two useful tools for wealth indicator research. Use the Aircraft Registration to search for airplanes by owner's name or by aircraft make. There is even a historical register search feature.

http://www.tc.gc.ca/aviation/activepages/ccarcs/en/default_e.asp?x_lang=e

If your prospect is a boater, search the Vessel Registration Query System for statistics such as vessel type, tonnage, length, owner's name, builder and Port of Registry.

http://www.tc.gc.ca/ShipRegistry/advanced.asp?lang=e

Even though it's called a Ship Registry, pleasure craft as well as commercial boats are included in the registry. If you are searching by owner's name, you'll have better luck by using an asterisk as a wild card.

Learn more about Transport Canada and its registries at:

http://www.tc.gc.ca/en/menu.htm

Cecilia Hogan

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